October 6, 2007
Sanctioned by NE Swimming #NE-07-87(TT)
NOTE: This meet has been relocated to the Boyden Pool (not Totman Pool) at the University of Massachusetts.
Entry Cover Page (Adobe PDF)
Hy-Tek Events File for Team Manager
Results (Adobe PDF)
Hy-Tek CL2 File for Team Manager
Meet Director: Jennifer Yankowski (jennifeer24@hotmail.com, 413-522-1512)
Meet Referee: Bob Menck (bmenk@cswg.com, 603-357-9638)
Entry Chairperson: Jennifer Yankowski
MEET FORMAT: The meet will be swum as timed-finals. Each session will be computer seeded based on positive check-in at the beginning of each session. Coaches will receive a positive check-in sheet before each session, which must be returned no later than 30 minutes before the beginning of the session. Heat sheets will be posted around the pool deck. Coaches will be able to pick up heat sheets for each event at the control office. The 1650 freestyle will be swum fast-to-slow, alternating heats of women and men.
SITE:
COURSE: Short course yards (25 yards).
EVENTS and SESSIONS: See attached list.
ELIGIBILITY: All contestants must be 2007 USA
Swimming registered athletes. All swimmers must be registered before the
entry is submitted. Teams that enter
unregistered swimmers will be subject to a fine of $100 per unregistered
swimmer.
ENTRY INFORMATION: Entries will be accepted on and
after September 20, 2007. Entries received before September 20, 2007 will
be considered received on September 20, 2007. Entries must be received no
later than September 29, 2007. Make checks payable to “Amherst Tritons
Swim Team”. Mail completed forms (including signed entry cover page and
waiver) and payment to the entry chairperson: Jennifer Yankowski,
c/o ATST P.O. Box 2126 Amherst, MA 01004-2126. All entries must be
typed or printed legibly, and must use full names and registration numbers from
USA Swimming registration. All entries must include a completed and
signed entry cover sheet and waiver. No deck entries will be
accepted. No refunds will be given for entries that are accepted, or for
entries that are rejected due to improper entry. Any swimmer who is entered with incorrect swimmer information,
or an incorrect or no ID, or is unregistered, will be scratched from the meet
until corrections are made per the
ELECTRONIC ENTRIES: Electronic entries (such as from Hy-Tek Team Manager or other team management software) that are in CL2 or SD3/SDIF format may be emailed as an attachment to the entry chairperson at jennifeer24@hotmail.com. Please check that your team name, address, and contact information are listed correctly in this file. For email entries, payment and hard copy of the entry (including signed entry cover page and waiver) must be received within four (4) days, excluding Sundays and holidays, of receipt of the email entry. If payment is received within four (4) days, excluding Sundays and holidays, of the email entry, the email receipt date will be considered the date of entry. If payment is received more than four (4) days, excluding Sundays and holidays, after the email entry, the payment receipt date will be considered the date of entry.
ENTRY LIMITS: Athletes may enter and swim in a maximum of 5 individual events.
ENTRY TIME UPATES: Entry times may be updated until 4 days prior to the first day of the meet. No new entries will be accepted after the September 29, 2007 entry deadline. Entry time updates should be sent via email to the entry chairperson at jennifeer24@hotmail.com. Entry time updates must be sent as Hy-Tek format CL2 files with updated times. (New entries will be automatically excluded.)
ENTRY FEES: Electronic entries: $4.00 for individual events, $5.00 for distance events. Non-electronic entries: $4.50 for individual events, $5.50 for distance events. The Swimmer Participation Fee is $2.00 per swimmer.
ENTRY TIMES: All entries must be specified in short-course yard (25-yard pool) times. Meter times must be converted to yard times.
ENTRY CUTS: Entry cuts, if necessary, will be made by the date of receipt. Teams will be notified that they have been accepted or cut from the meet within seven days of receipt of entry. If the meet becomes oversubscribed, a random selection of those entries received on the date the meet becomes oversubscribed will be conducted in accordance with New England Swimming guidelines. Teams that are cut from the meet will have their entry fee returned within four days of being cut.
25-YARD EVENTS: 25-yard events will start from the blocks and finishes with watches at the turn end of the pool.
PROGRAMS: $2.00
ADMISSION: $1.00 per session.
WARMUPS: The pool will open for warm-ups one-hour before the beginning of each session. The pool will close five minutes before the beginning of each session. Teams will be assigned warm-up lanes after all entries are received.
SAFETY:
1. Diving will be prohibited during warm-ups except in specifically announced one-way sprint lanes. There will be no diving in the warm-up and warm down areas at any time
2. No shaving is permitted at the competition site.
3. No glass containers are permitted within the facility.
4. Swimmers must be under the supervision of a coach. If a swimmer arrives at the meet without a coach, the swimmer should notify the referee before he/she warms up. The referee will assign the swimmer to a registered coach for warm-ups.
5. No camera cell phones are permitted in the locker rooms.
RULES: 2007 USA Swimming rules will govern all competition. Decisions by the meet referee will be final unless a written protest is lodged within 30 minutes of the heat swum.
TIME TRIALS: Time trials will be offered at the discretion of the meet referee if time allows. Time trials are $5.00 for individual events.
DECK ACCESS: Only athletes, coaches, officials, and official meet staff are permitted on the pool deck. All non-athletes on the pool deck must display their USA Swimming registration card at all times. Individuals without their USA Swimming registration card will be removed from the pool deck, and will be subject to a fine by New England Swimming.
SCORING: The meet will not be scored.
AWARDS: Ribbons will be awarded to the top six finishers in each individual event.
FOOD: A concession stand will be in operation for the duration of the meet.
MISCELLANEOUS:
PARKING: There
is ample parking available in the parking lot adjacent to the Boyden Gymnasium (
DIRECTIONS: Campus Map (You can find Boyden Pool in B4)
From the North From I-91 South, take exit 25 in
From the South From I-91 North, take Exit 19 in
LODGING: The following hotels and motels are in the area:
-Howard Johnson Lodge,
-The University Lodge, 345
North Pleasant Street,
-Econolodge,
-Country Belle Motel,
-Marriot Courtyard,